International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=139&year=2011&vol=5&issue=2/3/4 Inderscience Publishers Ltd en-uk International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management 1743-5110 1743-5129 © 2011 Inderscience Publishers Ltd editor@inderscience.com https://www.inderscience.com/images/files/coverImgs/ijplm_scoverijplm.jpg http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=139&year=2011&vol=5&issue=2/3/4 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43183 Due to rapid development of technology and strict competition in the context of global and concurrent economy, the requirements of customers such as quality, reliability, sustainability and cost of products are more and more high and tight. Thus, satisfaction of those is an important key of product designers. However, the product designers work mainly on the nominal model of the product within a CAD/CAM system. These models can only represent nominal information about the product and have no ability to deal with various kinds of deviations during the product life cycle. These deviations can make the designed product not to meet fully the requirements of the customers. Thus, it is necessary to take into account the geometrical deviations to simulate the 'real' performances of the product. In this paper, we propose a method to integrate the geometrical deviations of the product into 'real' performance simulations. As a result, the product designers can generate the performance of the expected population of 'real' products. They can verify that the product they are designing will have 'real' performances satisfying the requirements of customers and users. Taking into account geometrical variation effect on product performance
Dinh Son Nguyen; Frédéric Vignat; Daniel Brissaud
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 102 - 121
Due to rapid development of technology and strict competition in the context of global and concurrent economy, the requirements of customers such as quality, reliability, sustainability and cost of products are more and more high and tight. Thus, satisfaction of those is an important key of product designers. However, the product designers work mainly on the nominal model of the product within a CAD/CAM system. These models can only represent nominal information about the product and have no ability to deal with various kinds of deviations during the product life cycle. These deviations can make the designed product not to meet fully the requirements of the customers. Thus, it is necessary to take into account the geometrical deviations to simulate the 'real' performances of the product. In this paper, we propose a method to integrate the geometrical deviations of the product into 'real' performance simulations. As a result, the product designers can generate the performance of the expected population of 'real' products. They can verify that the product they are designing will have 'real' performances satisfying the requirements of customers and users.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043183 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 102 - 121 Dinh Son Nguyen; Frédéric Vignat; Daniel Brissaud G-SCOP Laboratory, Grenoble Institute of Technology, 46 Avenue Félix Viallet, Grenoble 38031, France. ' G-SCOP Laboratory, Grenoble Institute of Technology, 46 Avenue Félix Viallet, Grenoble 38031, France. ' G-SCOP Laboratory, Grenoble Institute of Technology, 46 Avenue Félix Viallet, Grenoble 38031, France manufacturing product geometrical deviations product lifecycle engineering geometrical variation effect product performance product design product lifecycle management. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 102 121 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43184 Innovative product usually refers to product that comprises of creativity and new ideas. In the development of such a new product, there is often a lack of historical knowledge and data available to be used to perform cost estimation accurately. This is due to the fact that traditional cost estimation methods are used to predict costs only after a product model has been built, and not at an early design stage when there is little data and information available. In light of this, original equipment manufacturers are also facing critical challenges of becoming globally competitive and increasing demands from customer for continuous innovation. To alleviate these situations this research has identified a new approach to cost modelling with the inclusion of product lifecycle management solutions to address innovative product development. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to discuss methods of developing an extended-enterprise data-driven through-life cost estimating method for innovative product development. Data-driven through-life costing to support product lifecycle management solutions in innovative product development
Wai Ming Cheung; Antony R. Mileham; Linda B. Newnes; Robert Marsh; John D. Lanham
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 122 - 142
Innovative product usually refers to product that comprises of creativity and new ideas. In the development of such a new product, there is often a lack of historical knowledge and data available to be used to perform cost estimation accurately. This is due to the fact that traditional cost estimation methods are used to predict costs only after a product model has been built, and not at an early design stage when there is little data and information available. In light of this, original equipment manufacturers are also facing critical challenges of becoming globally competitive and increasing demands from customer for continuous innovation. To alleviate these situations this research has identified a new approach to cost modelling with the inclusion of product lifecycle management solutions to address innovative product development. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to discuss methods of developing an extended-enterprise data-driven through-life cost estimating method for innovative product development.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043184 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 122 - 142 Wai Ming Cheung; Antony R. Mileham; Linda B. Newnes; Robert Marsh; John D. Lanham School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. ' School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. ' Bristol Institute of Technology, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK innovative product development digital data library product lifecycle management PLM cost estimation through-life costing TLC extended enterprise. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 122 142 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43185 Decision-making in product quality is an indispensable stage in product development, in order to reduce product development risk. Based on the identification of the deficiencies of quality function deployment (QFD) and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), a novel decision-making method is presented that draws upon a knowledge network of failure scenarios. An ontological expression of failure scenarios is presented together with a framework of failure knowledge network (FKN). According to the roles of quality characteristics (QCs) in failure processing, QCs are set into three categories namely perceptible QCs, restrictive QCs, and controllable QCs, which present the monitor targets, control targets and improvement targets respectively for quality management. A mathematical model and algorithms based on the analytic network process (ANP) is introduced for calculating the priority of QCs with respect to different development scenarios. A case study is provided according to the proposed decision-making procedure based on FKN. This methodology is applied in the propeller design process to solve the problem of prioritising QCs. This paper provides a practical approach for decision-making in product quality. Decision-making in product quality based on failure knowledge
Wei Dai; Paul G. Maropoulos; Wai Ming Cheung; Xiaoqing Tang
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 143 - 163
Decision-making in product quality is an indispensable stage in product development, in order to reduce product development risk. Based on the identification of the deficiencies of quality function deployment (QFD) and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), a novel decision-making method is presented that draws upon a knowledge network of failure scenarios. An ontological expression of failure scenarios is presented together with a framework of failure knowledge network (FKN). According to the roles of quality characteristics (QCs) in failure processing, QCs are set into three categories namely perceptible QCs, restrictive QCs, and controllable QCs, which present the monitor targets, control targets and improvement targets respectively for quality management. A mathematical model and algorithms based on the analytic network process (ANP) is introduced for calculating the priority of QCs with respect to different development scenarios. A case study is provided according to the proposed decision-making procedure based on FKN. This methodology is applied in the propeller design process to solve the problem of prioritising QCs. This paper provides a practical approach for decision-making in product quality.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043185 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 143 - 163 Wei Dai; Paul G. Maropoulos; Wai Ming Cheung; Xiaoqing Tang School of Reliability and Systems Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. ' School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK. ' School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China decision making product quality failure knowledge networks FKN decision making models modelling analytical network process ANP product development quality function deployment QFD failure modes and effects analysis FMEA. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 143 163 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43186 Rapid innovation in technology and ever shortened product life cycles precipitate discarding an increasing amount of used products as waste, which has been considered as one of the major sustainable issues. In order to manage end-of-life products in a sustainable manner, the design for sustainable manufacturing (DFSM) has become a key technology challenge. To this end, this paper presents a methodological framework to help designers apply modular design methodology to manage product end-of-life strategy systematically. Life cycle commonality (LCC) is proposed as a measurement of product modular architecture from an end-of-life strategy perspective. One innovative design space encompassing product end-of-life strategies is integrated into traditional modular design methodology systematically and effectively. Subsequently, decision tree approach is deployed to conduct economic analysis for maximizing manufacturers' total value recovered from various product end-of-life strategies. An illustrative example is included to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the developed methodology lastly. Design for sustainable manufacturing: applying modular design methodology to manage product end-of-life strategy
Wenyuan Wang; Mitchell M. Tseng
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 164 - 182
Rapid innovation in technology and ever shortened product life cycles precipitate discarding an increasing amount of used products as waste, which has been considered as one of the major sustainable issues. In order to manage end-of-life products in a sustainable manner, the design for sustainable manufacturing (DFSM) has become a key technology challenge. To this end, this paper presents a methodological framework to help designers apply modular design methodology to manage product end-of-life strategy systematically. Life cycle commonality (LCC) is proposed as a measurement of product modular architecture from an end-of-life strategy perspective. One innovative design space encompassing product end-of-life strategies is integrated into traditional modular design methodology systematically and effectively. Subsequently, decision tree approach is deployed to conduct economic analysis for maximizing manufacturers' total value recovered from various product end-of-life strategies. An illustrative example is included to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the developed methodology lastly.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043186 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 164 - 182 Wenyuan Wang; Mitchell M. Tseng Rm. 2591, Advance Manufacturing Institute, Academic Building, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ' Rm. 2591, Advance Manufacturing Institute, Academic Building, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong design for sustainable manufacturing DFSM DFM product design life cycle commonality modular design economic analysis end-of-life products end-of-life strategy. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 164 182 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43187 Reverse engineering has been a common means to glean the design experience and knowledge attached to existing products, which can enable efficient product redesign. Traditionally reverse engineers focus on geometric reverse modelling which cannot capture the designer's intention and may cause problems of intellectual property. As the most important creative design work is done at the conceptual design stage, it is essential for redesign of an existing artefact to understand its functional structure in order to consider the intention of the original design. In this research, it is proposed that the current reverse engineering shall be extended to the functional modelling phase, and a functional reverse design method for secondary innovation is presented to overcome the shortcoming of geometric reverse engineering. The methodology of functional reverse design is conducted through two sequential steps: functional reverse engineering and functional reengineering. Functional reverse engineering is to reproduce the original function structure of the existing product through structure-to-function mapping, and functional reengineering is to improve or update the mapped original function model for secondary innovation. A case study is given to illustrate the proposed functional reverse design method. Functional reverse design for secondary innovation
Dunbing Tang; Yuyun Kang; Renmiao Zhu
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 183 - 201
Reverse engineering has been a common means to glean the design experience and knowledge attached to existing products, which can enable efficient product redesign. Traditionally reverse engineers focus on geometric reverse modelling which cannot capture the designer's intention and may cause problems of intellectual property. As the most important creative design work is done at the conceptual design stage, it is essential for redesign of an existing artefact to understand its functional structure in order to consider the intention of the original design. In this research, it is proposed that the current reverse engineering shall be extended to the functional modelling phase, and a functional reverse design method for secondary innovation is presented to overcome the shortcoming of geometric reverse engineering. The methodology of functional reverse design is conducted through two sequential steps: functional reverse engineering and functional reengineering. Functional reverse engineering is to reproduce the original function structure of the existing product through structure-to-function mapping, and functional reengineering is to improve or update the mapped original function model for secondary innovation. A case study is given to illustrate the proposed functional reverse design method.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043187 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 183 - 201 Dunbing Tang; Yuyun Kang; Renmiao Zhu College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China. ' College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China. ' College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China reverse engineering functional modelling design process secondary innovation conceptual design product structure functional reverse design. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 183 201 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43188 This paper describes a methodology for the design of knowledge management (KM) systems to support new product development based on enterprise architecture frameworks (EAFs). The project focuses on IT system specifications generation driven by knowledge users' requirements in the automotive product development processes. Current EAFs have been developed by researchers and practitioners to help enterprises design their information systems based on business objectives and user requirements. However, these frameworks are mainly proposed to manage information and data such as finance, resources, management and engineering documents, not for the increasingly important enterprise knowledge, especially tacit and unstructured knowledge which are intensively important in the new product development process. This project aims to extend the capabilities of the latest enterprise architecture frameworks so that not only data and information, but also enterprise knowledge can be managed. Note that this project focuses on new product development, thus the terminology 'enterprise' in this context is the product development enterprise or a specific design project. Case studies in an automotive company will be presented as well. Requirement driven knowledge management system design to support automotive product development
Pengcheng Zhang; James Gao; Yinglin Wang
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 202 - 223
This paper describes a methodology for the design of knowledge management (KM) systems to support new product development based on enterprise architecture frameworks (EAFs). The project focuses on IT system specifications generation driven by knowledge users' requirements in the automotive product development processes. Current EAFs have been developed by researchers and practitioners to help enterprises design their information systems based on business objectives and user requirements. However, these frameworks are mainly proposed to manage information and data such as finance, resources, management and engineering documents, not for the increasingly important enterprise knowledge, especially tacit and unstructured knowledge which are intensively important in the new product development process. This project aims to extend the capabilities of the latest enterprise architecture frameworks so that not only data and information, but also enterprise knowledge can be managed. Note that this project focuses on new product development, thus the terminology 'enterprise' in this context is the product development enterprise or a specific design project. Case studies in an automotive company will be presented as well.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043188 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 202 - 223 Pengcheng Zhang; James Gao; Yinglin Wang Centre for Innovation Product Development, School of Engineering, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK. ' Centre for Innovation Product Development, School of Engineering, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK. ' Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, 200240, China knowledge management KM information systems design enterprise architecture framework EAF requirements management new product development NPD automotive product development automobile industry enterprise knowledge. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 202 223 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43189 An exploratory model of the innovation process, project team and new product success is presented in this paper. The construct of the innovation process includes eight items, that of the project team includes five, and that of the new product success contains three. These items measured in the survey are regarded as the outcomes, rather than the attributes, of the three constructs. An interesting finding is that the perspectives of managers at different levels on which of these outcomes are more important to innovation differ significantly. Our findings provide managers with evidence that allows them to concentrate on more important outcomes which should be achieved for better innovation. The results also indicate that the project team is an important enabler in the innovation process, while the innovation process has a significant impact on new product success. Effective communication and technical competence/talent are found to be the two most important innovation outcomes that firms should attain. Impacts of project team and innovation process on new product development
S.L. Chan; W.H. Ip; Roy C.P. Chung
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 224 - 241
An exploratory model of the innovation process, project team and new product success is presented in this paper. The construct of the innovation process includes eight items, that of the project team includes five, and that of the new product success contains three. These items measured in the survey are regarded as the outcomes, rather than the attributes, of the three constructs. An interesting finding is that the perspectives of managers at different levels on which of these outcomes are more important to innovation differ significantly. Our findings provide managers with evidence that allows them to concentrate on more important outcomes which should be achieved for better innovation. The results also indicate that the project team is an important enabler in the innovation process, while the innovation process has a significant impact on new product success. Effective communication and technical competence/talent are found to be the two most important innovation outcomes that firms should attain.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043189 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 224 - 241 S.L. Chan; W.H. Ip; Roy C.P. Chung Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ' Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. ' Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd., 24/F, CDW Building, 388 Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, N.T., Hong Kong innovation process project teams new product development NPD power tool industry power tools effective communication technical competence. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 224 241 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43190 Aiming to improve the productivity, portability, interoperability, and evolution of product lifecycle management (PLM) system by defining PLM architecture fundamentally at the model level, the total object unified model (TOUM) method is presented as the unified modelling technique to provide a model framework of PLM after analysing the manufacturing data structures. TOUM consists of domain schema, domain template, application model and application data which are used to abstract the concepts of manufacturing domain, format the meta-model of manufacturing data, construct the data model of PLM, and instantiate run-time data of PLM data model, respectively. Then three kinds of architectures based on TOUM is presented, which are development architecture, deployment architecture and application architecture, to unify and simplify modelling, design, implementation, deployment of PLM. At last, a model instance is shown based on the method of TOUM to confirm the validity of this method applied in a PLM product-CAXA V5. Total object unified model driven architecture of product lifecycle management
Zhang Sumei
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 242 - 252
Aiming to improve the productivity, portability, interoperability, and evolution of product lifecycle management (PLM) system by defining PLM architecture fundamentally at the model level, the total object unified model (TOUM) method is presented as the unified modelling technique to provide a model framework of PLM after analysing the manufacturing data structures. TOUM consists of domain schema, domain template, application model and application data which are used to abstract the concepts of manufacturing domain, format the meta-model of manufacturing data, construct the data model of PLM, and instantiate run-time data of PLM data model, respectively. Then three kinds of architectures based on TOUM is presented, which are development architecture, deployment architecture and application architecture, to unify and simplify modelling, design, implementation, deployment of PLM. At last, a model instance is shown based on the method of TOUM to confirm the validity of this method applied in a PLM product-CAXA V5.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043190 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 242 - 252 Zhang Sumei Department of Applied Mathematics, Xi'an University of Post and Telecommunications, Weiguo Road, Chang'an District, Xi'an, 710121, Shanxi, China total object unified model TOUM manufacturing data structures product lifecycle management PLM model driven architecture MDA metamodelling modelling productivity portability interoperability. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 242 252 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43180 Life-cycle management is a necessary approach in the development of sustainable product concepts. However, it is a big challenge for product manufacturers. Manufacturers need new information and tools which aid in the consideration of client requirements and user needs, in interaction between design and manufacture, and in understanding the effects of production and the effects of different use and end-of-life scenarios. The manufacturer needs information about those stages of life cycle that are out of his direct influence and means of influence; the latter may include procurement criteria, instructions for sustainable use and disposal and the development of maintenance and other services for the use phase. This paper discusses the role of life-cycle management in sustainable production concepts and the role of information management in life-cycle management. The research includes a review of literature, a case study carried out for concrete elements manufacture, and discussion on the basis of the results. A flow chart was created for the overall process considering the actors and their roles and tasks, decisions, information flows, contents of needed information and tools for information management. The study shows the crucial role of information management and the need of effective methods for the acquisition and sharing of information. Life-cycle and information management of products a case study of concrete element industry
Tarja Häkkinen; Sirje Vares
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 253 - 271
Life-cycle management is a necessary approach in the development of sustainable product concepts. However, it is a big challenge for product manufacturers. Manufacturers need new information and tools which aid in the consideration of client requirements and user needs, in interaction between design and manufacture, and in understanding the effects of production and the effects of different use and end-of-life scenarios. The manufacturer needs information about those stages of life cycle that are out of his direct influence and means of influence; the latter may include procurement criteria, instructions for sustainable use and disposal and the development of maintenance and other services for the use phase. This paper discusses the role of life-cycle management in sustainable production concepts and the role of information management in life-cycle management. The research includes a review of literature, a case study carried out for concrete elements manufacture, and discussion on the basis of the results. A flow chart was created for the overall process considering the actors and their roles and tasks, decisions, information flows, contents of needed information and tools for information management. The study shows the crucial role of information management and the need of effective methods for the acquisition and sharing of information.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043180 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 253 - 271 Tarja Häkkinen; Sirje Vares VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Vuorimiehentie 5, Espoo, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland. ' VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Vuorimiehentie 5, Espoo, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland product lifecycle management PLM sustainable products information management building industry concrete elements information acquisition information sharing. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 253 271 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43181 This paper describes the specifications of an interoperability platform based on the Product Process Organization (PPO) model developed by the French community IPPOP in the context of collaborative and innovative design. By using PPO model as a reference, this work aims to connect together heterogonous tools used by experts easing data and information exchanges. After emphasising the growing needs of collaborative design process, this paper focuses on interoperability concept by describing current solutions and their limits. Then a solution based on the flexibility of the PPO model adapted to the philosophy of interoperability is proposed. To illustrate these concepts, several examples are presented (robustness analysis, CAD and product lifecycle management systems connections). Specifications and development of interoperability solution dedicated to multiple expertise collaboration in a design framework
Alain Etienne; Emmanuel Guyot; Dimitri Van Wijk; Lionel Roucoules
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 272 - 294
This paper describes the specifications of an interoperability platform based on the Product Process Organization (PPO) model developed by the French community IPPOP in the context of collaborative and innovative design. By using PPO model as a reference, this work aims to connect together heterogonous tools used by experts easing data and information exchanges. After emphasising the growing needs of collaborative design process, this paper focuses on interoperability concept by describing current solutions and their limits. Then a solution based on the flexibility of the PPO model adapted to the philosophy of interoperability is proposed. To illustrate these concepts, several examples are presented (robustness analysis, CAD and product lifecycle management systems connections).

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043181 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 272 - 294 Alain Etienne; Emmanuel Guyot; Dimitri Van Wijk; Lionel Roucoules Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Laboratoire de Conception Fabrication Commande (LCFC) EA 4495, 4-rue Augustin Fresnel, F. 57070 Metz Technopole, France. ' University of Technology of Troyes, ICD/LASMIS Laboratory, FRE2848, F-10010 Troyes, France. ' University of Technology of Troyes, ICD/LASMIS Laboratory, FRE2848, F-10010 Troyes, France. ' Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Information et des Systèmes (LSIS), 2-cours des Arts et Métiers, F 13617 Aix En Provence, France collaborative design design automation knowledge modelling interoperability information exchange data exchange robustness analysis CAD product lifecycle management PLM connections. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 272 294 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=43182 Wide diffusion of methodologies and software relevant to product lifecycle management (PLM) in industrial companies faces heterogeneity of information technology (IT) systems. Especially, the lack of interoperability between product data management (PDM) systems, that drive virtual product development, and enterprise resource planning (ERP), which manages real product, cannot lead to a global description of the product development process. We demonstrate that a mediator approach is pertinent for the coordination of these two systems. The use of open standards, and more precisely STEP Application Protocol 239, known as product lifecycle support (PLCS), allows overcoming issues related to semantic part of this interoperability. The last part of the study focuses on implementation issues, in order to develop an interoperability framework based upon a consistent product data model, whether the viewpoint is from the design or logistics businesses. A PLCS framework for PDM/ERP interoperability
Thomas Paviot; Vincent Cheutet; Samir Lamouri
International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 295 - 313
Wide diffusion of methodologies and software relevant to product lifecycle management (PLM) in industrial companies faces heterogeneity of information technology (IT) systems. Especially, the lack of interoperability between product data management (PDM) systems, that drive virtual product development, and enterprise resource planning (ERP), which manages real product, cannot lead to a global description of the product development process. We demonstrate that a mediator approach is pertinent for the coordination of these two systems. The use of open standards, and more precisely STEP Application Protocol 239, known as product lifecycle support (PLCS), allows overcoming issues related to semantic part of this interoperability. The last part of the study focuses on implementation issues, in order to develop an interoperability framework based upon a consistent product data model, whether the viewpoint is from the design or logistics businesses.

]]> 10.1504/IJPLM.2011.043182 International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, Vol. 5, No. 2/3/4 (2011) pp. 295 - 313 Thomas Paviot; Vincent Cheutet; Samir Lamouri LCPI/Arts et Metiers ParisTech, 151, bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France. ' Supméca/LISMMA, 3, rue Fernand Hainaut, 93407 Saint-Ouen, France. ' LCPI/Arts et Metiers ParisTech, 151, bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France product lifecycle management PLM interoperability product data management PDM enterprise resource planning ERP product lifecycle support PLCS standards standard for product data exchange STEP service-oriented architecture SOA virtual products. 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00 5 2/3/4 295 313 2011-10-19T23:20:50-05:00